When I’m driving somewhere with My Beloved, when (not if) she corrects my navigation, I recall the junior high geometry class phrase “describing the sides of a rectangle.” The distance and time are roughly the same: My over then down, or her under then up, and there you are, thptpth. This is the feeling I …
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Theme (Swan) Song
It’s time for a change. Way past time for the blog Brick. As of today, because I couldn’t stand waiting for July 1, the beginning of a quarter, or June 1, the next detail-fixated date, I have changed the theme of this blog. Theme is what wordpress.org calls a template. The theme organizes the overall look, …
Fare Thee Well Address
This column first was published as the “President’s Message” in the May 2012 newsletter of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. Dear Larry, [NSNC Vice President Laurence D. Cohen is on the slate of nominees for the May 6 election, for 2012–14 president.] This, the columnists presidency, has been a humbling experience. I’ve had plenty …
